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虧 (亏)

kuī

Definition

luckily
it's lucky that...
deficit
deficiency
(often ironically) fancy that...

Character Decomposition

Related words (32)

a shortfall in production

to treat sb unfairly

fortunately; luckily; (sarcastic) fancy that, how fortunate!

a guilty conscience

to make a capital loss

deficit; (financial) loss

to make a loss

(math.) genus

to fall short of; to have a deficit; deficit; deficiency

in debt; in the red; in deficit

to be lacking; to fall short of; to wane; deficit; deficient

deficient; to let sb down; to cause sb suffering

shameful deed

kuī běn chū shòu

to sell at a loss

to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately

thanks (to); luckily; fortunately; by grace (of); owing (to)

fortunately; luckily

luckily; fortunately

to make good a deficit; to reverse a loss

hidden loss (finance)

waning moon; to wane

in the wrong

profit and loss; waxing and waning

anemia

to cost one dearly; to end disastrously; to pay bitterly

pent-up unspoken grievances; suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of

chī kuī shàng dàng

to be taken advantage of

chī yǎ ba kuī

to be forced to suffer in silence; unable to speak of one's bitter suffering

yǒu kuī zhí shǒu

(to be guilty of) dereliction of duty

yíng kuī zì fù

responsible for its profit and losses (of organization); financially autonomous; personal financial responsibility

zì fù yíng kuī

responsible for its profit and losses (of organization); financially autonomous; personal financial responsibility

貨問三家不吃虧

huò wèn sān jiā bù chī kuī

see 貨比三家不吃虧

Idioms (4)

gōng kuī yī kuì

(lit.) to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack of a final effort; to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)

zì zhī lǐ kuī

to know that one is in the wrong (idiom)

好漢不吃眼前虧

hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī

a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)

貨比三家不吃虧

huò bǐ sān jiā bù chī kuī

shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)

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